Word: fictional
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Today Fast lives in a peaceful section of Beverly Hills, California, above the smog of Los Angeles, in a home heated and powered by 12 solar panels. At 63 he has written more than 50 books, including science fiction works, "Zen stories," and thrillers--the last under the pseudonym of E.V. Cunningham. His best-known works are historical novels such as The Unvanquished, Citizen Tom Paine, April Morning--all set during the Revolutionary War--and Freedom Road, a tale of the Reconstruction Era. But Fast will probably gain the most recognition from his latest novel, and from his two upcoming...
...FICTION 1. The Thorn Birds, McCullough (1 last week...
...medical school at Oxford to a workers' community in Vienna. The women are separated through most of their lives; but Julia's need for Hellman's aid in her anti-fascist activities prior to World War II reunite them, with repercussions that even a writer of dime state spy fiction would envy...
...compensate for his restlessness as a diplomat, whose functions included those of intelligence operative, he began to write fiction. The Foreign Office forbids its staff to publish under their own names; Cornwell claims to have seen the name Le Carré ("the square") on a London shop window, though the shop was unlisted in any city directory. "Perhaps," he admits, "it's a lie I've come to believe...
Kunene says he enjoyed "shopping around for courses" last week, and he ultimately settled for classes on African literature, government and politics in Africa, and fiction writing. He is also looking forward to participating in social and academic activities around Harvard and Cambridge this year...